As predicted, Ryan Gosling took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his role as jazzman Seb in “La La Land.”
What wasn’t expected was how personal he got with his acceptance speech, becoming emotional as he talked about his wife’s brother’s battle with cancer.
While he was “singing and dancing and playing piano and having one of the best experiences I’ve ever had on a film,” Gosling said his wife, Eva Mendes, was holding down the fort with a heavy heart of her own.
“My lady was raising our daughter, pregnant with our second, and trying to help her brother fight his battle with cancer,” Gosling said.